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The Court of Lazarus: New York’s Metropolitan Vampire Society

The Court of Lazarus: New York’s Metropolitan Vampire Society

I am not aware of how many vampire courts exist today, as many vampire houses and courts remain secretive and are hard to find. There is a well-known vampire court, which exists in New York, however, called The Court of Lazarus. Originally called The Society of Lazarus, members voted to officially organize as a court …

Interview with the Vampyre

Interview with the Vampyre

Father Sebastiaan is considered by many to be the head of the international Vampyre community. He seems to be found all over the globe, yet somehow remains an elusive character. Who is he behind the rockstar persona he projects? Considering that he is impresario for the Endless Night Vampire Ball (New Orleans, New York, Paris, …

Stake Land (2010): Review

Stake Land (2010): Review

Stake Land is a combination of Zombieland and The Road; the setting is bleak, and the zombies are vampires. Really, that’s all there is to it. The ‘vampires’ aren’t thinking machines, they’re crazed, and honestly, the fangs and pace at which they move are really the only thing that separates them from zombies. Once again, …

The Truth About Real Vampires Today

The Truth About Real Vampires Today

Fanged creatures secretly prowl among us, lurking in obsidian shadows, quietly watching us from behind dark sunglasses, their narrowed gazes fixed upon luscious prey. The vampire’s excruciatingly sharp needle-like fangs flash under the moonlight as he grabs his victim, one hand over her mouth, the other tightly wound around her waist. He strikes deep and …

Bill Schnoebel’s Interview with an Ex Vampire

Bill Schnoebel’s Interview with an Ex Vampire

How does one become an ex-vampire exactly? That and more will be revealed in the film that had plans to shake the nation: Interview with an Ex Vampire. The ex-vampire in question here is Bill Schnoebelen, –and when you type his name into Google, it tries to finish it for you by adding the word …

Ways to Identify a Potential Vampire

Ways to Identify a Potential Vampire

Vampires have survived through ages in the history of our culture, as well as in our minds. There are people who have a strong belief in the real existence of vampires, while a few others strongly emphasize that they are just fictional and scary characters from novels, movies and television. Vampires are known to have …

Albert Fish, the Brooklyn Vampire

Albert Fish, the Brooklyn Vampire

Albert Fish. It’s too mundane a name for the horrifying things he did. His other names, the Brooklyn Vampire, the Bogeyman, the Gray Man, the Werewolf of Wysteria, all fit better with the monstrous crimes he committed. To say that Albert Fish was a bad man is an understatement. He was a monster. He was …

5 Real Vampire Sightings!

5 Real Vampire Sightings!

Are vampires real? Do you believe? If you do, have you ever been told it’s just your overreactive imagination? And that you’re making something out of something that doesn’t even exist. Well, for the critics that say it is all in your head, tell them to check out these real vampire sightings. These actual accounts …

Do I Believe In Vampires?

Do I Believe In Vampires?

Something I get asked on a regular basis, whether it’s in an interview or by a reader, is if I believe that vampires exist. After all I do love vampires and write about them everyday, so you would think the obvious answer is that yes, I do. But truth be told, it’s not that simple …

CSI: NY Joins the Vampire Craze

CSI: NY Joins the Vampire Craze

As we all know vampires are huge everywhere – we see them in books, movies, television and more. They are so big in fact that they seem to have caught the eye of the CSI: NY writers, who wrote an episode about the sanguinarian vampire lifestyle which will air February 3 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT). “The …

Real Kansas City Vampires

Real Kansas City Vampires

When you think of real vampires being discovered you think it would be in New Orleans or maybe New York but not Kansas of all places. But Kansas is the setting of this story, published in the papers on January 27, 1890 the article reports a real case of vampirism. The article says that in …

Vampire Fang Implants

Vampire Fang Implants

Today’s post is about fang implants, not those plastic fangs you pop into your mouth during Halloween, but actual permanent fangs put in by a dentist. Most people that dish out the cash for this incredibly expensive procedure don’t do it to be cool (most, not all). It’s usually a real vampire, like a Sanguinarian …

Countess Elizabeth Bathory: Part 2

Countess Elizabeth Bathory: Part 2

Welcome to the second part of the life of Countess Elizabeth Bathory. Before you read this make sure you read Part 1. Now where did I leave off? Right, we had just gotten to the part where Elizabeth thinks she discovered the anti-aging cure: blood, her way to eternal beauty. After Elizabeth’s witch, Darvulia, confirmed …

Countess Elizabeth Bathory: Part 1

Countess Elizabeth Bathory: Part 1

Countess Elizabeth Bathory (aka Báthory Erzsébet) is hands down one of the most famous “real vampires” in history. Her sadistic and vampiric activities are still known today by many for their horror. But before I get to her vampire-like cruelties I need to cover her life and what led up to her blood drinking. Elizabeth …

The Vampire Research Society

The Vampire Research Society

Have any of you ever considered starting a vampire research group? You wouldn’t be the first. Nope, in fact on February 2, 1970 the Vampire Research Society was founded by Sean Manchester (pictured above). At the time of its founding, Manchester was the director of an occult investigation bureau, which is now non-operational. For the …

Psi vs. Sang

Psi vs. Sang Psychic vampires and Sanguinarians are known by many to have a strained relationship. Many, not all, but many Sanguinarians feel that they are much more, prestigious if you will, because they are born into their vampirism rather than “awakened” into it like a psi. Sang vampires are also known for having generations …

Vampires Today: The Truth About Modern Vampirism

Vampires Today: The Truth About Modern Vampirism

Vampires Today: The Truth About Modern Vampirism by Joseph Laycock is a new book that has been getting fantastic reviews for it’s unbiased look into real modern vampires. The book poses the questions… What does it mean to be a vampire? Is it a medical condition? Is it a fantasy? Is vampirism a religion? Joseph …